"Sometimes a franchise just has a big, black mark over it and no amount of wishful thinking can turn the tide..."-Jaap Still

"Brilliant use of an instructional picture book."-Kyle in Newport News

"Does Met$tra have a gambling problem?"-Erik Love

"Hasta la vista baby. I throw up the white flag."-Joe

"I'm still a fan, but enough is enough."-Meet the Mets

"I watch the grass grow - it's more exciting."-David

"Freaking Chipper Jones. I HATE Freaking Chipper Jones."-Dave Murray

"Good God man, what have you done??!! You've released the genie from the bottle. I see the showers and toilets backing up at Shea, emergency landings at LGA, unusual tides in Flushing Bay, and when they break ground for the new stadium the construction gang will unearth and disturb some ancient Indian burial ground for unlucky and cursed members of the Iroquois nation...Blaspheme no more Metstradamus! You are tempting the fates!"-The Metmaster

Wednesday, November 02, 2005

Turn up to high, cook for twenty minutes, turn over halfway through, and voila! One closer.

The Mets are on the move, calling the agent for Billy Wagner to make clear their intentions to sign him to a free agent deal.

It was scary to see that the Mets were interested in guys like Trevor Hoffman (old and brittle) and Tom Gordon (old, brittle, and a former Yankee) instead of going for the gusto. But the Mets, for the second year in a row, are indeed aiming high. Wagner is the elite closer in the market, and would win an additional five games for the Mets by himself.

The article also says that the Mets are monitoring the Rafael Furcal situation very closely. I hate to say this...seeing as if Furcal is a former Brave who has killed the Mets in the past...but Furcal is just what the Mets need. A second baseman (okay, a shortstop who would be willing to switch to second base to play for the Mets...finally a player willing to switch positions to play in Queens and not in the Bronx), and he would also provide the two hole hitter that the Mets need desperately...whether it's himself, or Jose Reyes.

But don't get your hopes up fans...Rafael Furcal isn't coming to Shea Stadium.

Consider that the Cubs will offer things that the Mets can't offer...the position of shortstop, along with a boatload of money that the Cubs are going to offer to anyone and everyone, as they now face the challenge of their first season in 89 where the World Champions play mere blocks away. The Cubs are going to open the bank for everyone and everyone, and you can bet that Furcal will be number one on their hit parade. Whether that's a mistake or not is up for discussion (the 1993 Mets), but that's the situation the Chicago Cubs find themselves in.

But fear not, because the Mets are also looking at the second coming of Bill Buckner: Tony Graffanino, to be a "super utility player".

Wait, the Mets have already signed Graffanino...his name is Chris Woodward.

I guess not everything the Mets do has to make sense. What fun would that be?